In Marvel Comics, Cottonmouth originally tried to hire Luke Cage to do his evil dirty work, but when Cage refused to assist a bad guy, Cottonmouth became one of his first major antagonists. The MCU version of Cottonmouth is a Harlem nightclub owner who is now named Cornell Stokes for the MCU, not Cornell Cottonmouth as he is in Marvel Comics, and his criminal activity begins to interfere with the life of Luke Cage in unexpected ways. On the bad guys’ end, we first have Mahershala Ali as principal villain, Cottonmouth, an early foe of Luke Cage from Marvel Comics lore, not to be confused with another Cottonmouth that serves as a member of Captain America villains, the Serpent Society. Claire is also set to appear in next year’s second season of Daredevil, and will appear again in Jessica Jones later this year as well, essentially making her the Agent Coulson equivalent of Marvel Television’s Netflix shows, it seems, being the connective character that bridges them more directly, beyond them all inhabiting the MCU. A stand-in for Marvel hero caretaker, Night Nurse, whom Rachel McAdams is rumoured to be properly portraying in next year’s Doctor Strange movie (hence why Night Nurse being in the Netflix shows was vetoed at the last second by Marvel), Claire will once again find herself having run-ins with the darkest and most violent street-level heroes in the MCU within Luke Cage. In Marvel lore, Scarfe was yet another valuable ally to the Heroes for Hire as well.Īlso working with the good guys is Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple, a character that first appeared during the debut season of Daredevil. A hard-nosed NYPD detective, Scarfe partners with Misty Knight on the Luke Cage investigation. This implication was also teased during the first season of sibling Netflix series, Daredevil, where reporter, Ben Urich has framed a clipping of his report on the Hulk/Abomination battle, which was clearly a well-known and devastating incident for New York in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.Īlongside Misty Knight will be Rafael “Rafe” Scarfe, portrayed by Frank Whaley, as rumoured. Given that Marvel emphasized that Misty hails from Harlem, it’s also possible that she may be partially motivated by the events of 2008 movie, The Incredible Hulk, which saw much of Harlem destroyed by the climactic battle between Hulk and villain, Abomination. Misty has also worked with Cage in the Heroes for Hire business before, and has served as a frequent love interest of Iron Fist, potentially paving the way for Missick to appear in the Iron Fist series later, or possibly even crossover Netflix miniseries, The Defenders. In Marvel lore, Misty loses her arm in a bombing accident, though is then given a specialized bionic arm by Iron Man. Next, Simone Missick will officially portray Misty Knight, a Harlem police officer who is determined to find out the truth about Luke Cage. Iron Fist will also receive his own Netflix series, likely in 2017, though an actor has still not been cast to portray him, nor has a showrunner been decided for that series. Cage has frequently hosted this business with fellow Marvel hero, Iron Fist who is often Cage’s best friend, along with Cage’s future wife, Jessica Jones, star of her own Netflix series this November. After a botched prison experiment grants Cage superhuman strength and unbreakable skin, he starts up a business called Heroes for Hire, where his services can be bought by those who need his help. To start, if you’re unfamiliar with the character of Luke Cage himself, he’s one of the pioneering African-American superheroes of Marvel lore, alongside characters like Falcon and Black Panther, and made his debut in Luke Cage: Hero for Hire #1 back in 1972. Working alongside Colter, are the following actors and characters, and this is now set in stone, even after several of these personalities and names floated around as rumours a few weeks back: Marvel’s Netflix Original Series, Luke Cage is now going full steam ahead on production, before it premieres exclusively on the Netflix streaming service next year, and with that being the case, Marvel Television has now officially confirmed which lead actors and characters will be populating the series, aside from previously confirmed star, Mike Colter, who will portray the title character, after debuting him in this year’s Netflix series, Jessica Jones.
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